ADVISORY OPIN. TO ATT. GEN. RE GROWTH MGMT.

Nos. SC08-318, SC08-492.

2 So.3d 118 (2008)

ADVISORY OPINION TO the ATTORNEY GENERAL RE FLORIDA GROWTH MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE GIVING CITIZENS the RIGHT TO DECIDE LOCAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN CHANGES. Advisory Opinion to the Attorney General re: Florida Growth Management Initiative Giving Citizens the Right to Decide Local Growth Management Plan Changes.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Louis F. Hubener, Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Joslyn Wilson, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Stephen H. Grimes of Holland and Knight and Susan L. Kelsey of Kelsey Appellate Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Floridians for Smarter Growth, Inc., as Sponsor.

Ross Stafford Burnaman, Tallahassee, FL, on behalf of Florida Hometown Democracy, Inc., as Opponent.


WELLS, J.

The Attorney General of Florida has requested this Court's opinion as to the validity of an initiative petition sponsored by Floridians for Smarter Growth, Inc., and the accompanying Financial Impact Statement submitted by the Financial Impact Estimating Conference. We have jurisdiction. See art. IV, § 10, art. V, § 3(b)(10), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we conclude that the proposed amendment complies with the single-subject...

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